Northwest Natural Gas Company

NWN Utilities Utilities Regulated Gas

Northwest Natural Gas Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.3 billion, up 11.8% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.04%
EPS
+2.74%
Free cash flow
−20.1%
Total debt
+14.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

51.86 0.05 +0.10%
Market cap
$2.2B
P/E
17.1×
Fwd P/E
16.3×
Dividend yield
3.82%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.66
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
39/100

Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN) Free cash flow margin

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Northwest Natural Gas Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −22.3%, down 7.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−15.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.4% (fiscal 2022) to 12.5% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of −11.1% and below the Utilities sector median of −9.94%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −15.3% 1.50
FY2024 −16.8% (12.88)
FY2023 −3.96% 14.45
FY2022 −18.4% (2.89)
FY2021 −15.5% 0.95
FY2020 −16.5% (9.02)
FY2019 −7.45% (0.40)
FY2018 −7.05% (6.17)
FY2017 −0.88% (13.42)
FY2016 12.5% 3.37

Against its own ten years

Low −18.4% High 12.5%
Ten-year median −7.45%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SPH Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. compare 7.51%
CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. compare 0.40%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare −6.86%
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare −7.00%
SR Spire Inc. compare −8.77%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare −13.5%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation compare −19.5%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare −21.1%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company −22.3%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median −11.1%
Utilities sector median −9.94%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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